ghassan
GhassanThe word, broken down.
غَسّان reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A gargled 'r', like the French 'r'. Like ʿayn, with a dot above.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Doubles the letter it sits on; hold the consonant a beat longer.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
What does ghassan mean in Arabizi?
ghassan is how you write غَسّان in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “Ghassan”. No numbers in this one; it spells out in plain Latin letters.
New to the chat alphabet? See how every letter and number maps: the Arabizi → Arabic guide. Got it the other way round, with Arabic script to convert? That is the Arabic to Arabizi converter.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 6 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
It sits in the greetings & introductions lesson of our Arabic typing practice course, if you would rather drill it next to the words it turns up with.
Practice typing this word →- 01Y→غ
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03S→س
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05H→ا
- 06K→ن